2019-2020 Predictions Thread

[nuraman00]

You didn't answer my question as to when the last time Minnesota vs. Utah was on national TV.

I think the big man matchup is interesting, so I want to know. Did this ever occur when both Gobert and Anthony-Towns were starters? Do we have to go back to the Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, or Carlos Boozer eras?

I have watched maybe a total of two or three games on TV if you add bits and pieces together over the past few years. And every game I watch is on the local network. So I have no idea about national games, especially when it is in regard to a specific team.

We'll have to get the list of national TV scheduled games for the past few years, and see.

Yes, this won't account for in-season changes, but it's a decent starting point.

Do you mean "two or three games on national TV"? Or have you really just been watching bits and pieces of games, even on the local network, the past few years?

March 2, 2018 was the last time Minnesota vs. Utah was on national TV.

Let's see who won:

Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah Jazz Box Score, March 2, 2018 | Basketball-Reference.com

Towns didn't score or play much.

Gobert was awesome.

And so was Mitchell!

Gobert made most of his FTs too.

Apparently Towns was ejected before halftime:

Timberwolves vs. Jazz - Game Recap - March 2, 2018 - ESPN

I'll have to look for another game. Sure, this counted, but I want to see how both big men play if they play a normal full game.

So according to my notes, it's never happened.

National TV schedules:

2015-2016:

Timberwolves 2015-16 Regular Season Schedule | Minnesota Timberwolves

2016-2017:

2016-17 NBA Regular Season Schedule on TNT, ESPN, ABC and NBA TV

2017-2018:

NBA 2017-18 TV Schedule on TNT, ESPN/ABC and NBA TV

2018-2019:

NBA 2018-19 Regular Season TV Schedule on ABC, ESPN, TNT & NBA TV

2019-2020:

NBA 2019-20 Regular Season National TV Schedule

 

[MHSL82]

March 2, 2018 was the last time Minnesota vs. Utah was on national TV.

Let's see who won:

Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah Jazz Box Score, March 2, 2018 | Basketball-Reference.com

Towns didn't score or play much.

Gobert was awesome.

And so was Mitchell!

Gobert made most of his FTs too.

Apparently Towns was ejected before halftime:

Timberwolves vs. Jazz - Game Recap - March 2, 2018 - ESPN

I went to that game with my family. I only remember because of the ejection. I don’t pay attention to nationally televised games, especially if I go to them. I won’t watch it on record to see if I am in the stands or not. I don’t really listen to national broadcasters much anyway or care what they think. And we got every Jazz game locally that year on the local channel. So I would never know that that was a big game unless you told me.

 

[nuraman00]

Thanks. I'm just very intrigued by the big men from both teams. So I'm surprised this matchup has only been on once since Towns entered the league.

I stopped getting league pass in 2015-2016, so after that, I can only watch the Jazz on national TV games.

 

[MHSL82]

Fri, Dec 27, 2019

466. Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics
467. Oklahoma City Thunder at Charlotte Hornets
468. Philadelphia 76ers at Orlando Magic
469. Milwaukee Bucks at Atlanta Hawks
470. Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat
471. Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors

Sat, Dec 28, 2019

472. Memphis Grizzlies at Denver Nuggets
473. Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics
474. Indiana Pacers at New Orleans Pelicans
475. Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls
476. Brooklyn Nets at Houston Rockets
477. Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat
478. Cleveland Cavaliers at Minnesota Timberwolves
479. New York Knicks at Washington Wizards
480. Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors
481. Orlando Magic at Milwaukee Bucks
482. Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs
483. Phoenix Suns at Sacramento Kings
484. Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Trail Blazers
485. Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Clippers

 

[nuraman00]

Utah over Texas, Alamo Bowl

New Year's Day:

Minnesota over Auburn, Outback Bowl

Michigan over Alabama, VRBO Citrus Bowl

Oregon over Wisconsin, Rose Bowl

Georgia over Baylor, Sugar Bowl

National Championship Game:


LSU over Clemson

 

[MHSL82]

Sunday, December 29th, 2019:

486. Oklahoma City Thunder at Toronto Raptors
487. Charlotte Hornets over Memphis Grizzlies
488. Houston Rockets at New Orleans Pelicans
489. Sacramento Kings at Denver Nuggets
490. Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers

 

[MHSL82]

Monday, December 30, 2019:

491. Miami Heat at Washington Wizards
492. Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic
493. Brooklyn Nets at Minnesota Timberwolves
494. Milwaukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls
495. Phoenix Suns at Portland Trailblazers
496. Detroit Pistons at Utah Jazz

 

[MHSL82]

Utah over Texas, Alamo Bowl

New Year's Day:

Minnesota over Auburn, Outback Bowl

Michigan over Alabama, VRBO Citrus Bowl

Oregon over Wisconsin, Rose Bowl

Georgia over Baylor, Sugar Bowl

National Championship Game:


LSU over Clemson

I hope the Utes win but the last nine teams to lose in the PAC-12 Championship, including Utah last year, lost their upcoming bowl game. Here’s hoping the streak ends.

 

[nuraman00]

I hope the Utes win but the last nine teams to lose in the PAC-12 Championship, including Utah last year, lost their upcoming bowl game. Here’s hoping the streak ends.

I don't know anything about how those teams play, but there's always a few players that don't want to play in a bowl game, because they are certain of their draft range. So things like that might swing the way a game goes.

It also appears Texas has 2 players suspended:

Texas sends two suspended players home from Alamo Bowl

And Texas didn't even make their conference championship game, like Utah. Texas record was 7-5.

 

[MHSL82]

Tue, Dec 31, 2019

497. Boston Celtics at Charlotte Hornets
498. Philadelphia 76ers at Indiana Pacers
499. Los Angeles Clippers at Sacramento Kings
500. Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets
501. Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs
502. Cleveland Cavaliers at Toronto Raptors
503. Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder

 

[nuraman00]

I don't know anything about how those teams play, but there's always a few players that don't want to play in a bowl game, because they are certain of their draft range. So things like that might swing the way a game goes.

It also appears Texas has 2 players suspended:

Texas sends two suspended players home from Alamo Bowl

And Texas didn't even make their conference championship game, like Utah. Texas record was 7-5.

 

[nuraman00]

Utah over Texas, Alamo Bowl

New Year's Day:

Minnesota over Auburn, Outback Bowl

Michigan over Alabama, VRBO Citrus Bowl

Oregon over Wisconsin, Rose Bowl

Georgia over Baylor, Sugar Bowl

National Championship Game:


LSU over Clemson

Congrats to Minnesota.

I hate how the broadcasters called this game an "appetizer", just because it was an early game.

This was as good of a game as you'll see.

Seemed like Minnesota played a perfect 4th quarter, to take and hold the lead.

 

[nuraman00]

Apparently in 1893, they were afraid that the Rose Parade would scare horses on a Sunday, so they decided to never have the Rose Bowl on a Sunday.

Why no 2017 New Year’s bowls? Some horses in 1893.

I was wondering why the major Bowl games were on January 2nd in 2017, instead of New Year's Day.

 

[nuraman00]

Does this format also work, or do you want me to remove the dates and times?

508) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 7:00p Charlotte Hornets Cleveland Cavaliers
509) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 7:00p Denver Nuggets Indiana Pacers
510) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 7:30p Toronto Raptors Miami Heat
511) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 8:00p Utah Jazz Chicago Bulls
512) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 8:00p Golden State Warriors Minnesota Timberwolves
513) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 8:30p Brooklyn Nets Dallas Mavericks
514) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 8:30p Oklahoma City Thunder San Antonio Spurs
515) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 10:00p Memphis Grizzlies Sacramento Kings
516) Thu, Jan 2, 2020 10:30p Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Clippers

517) Fri, Jan 3, 2020 7:00p Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics
518) Fri, Jan 3, 2020 7:00p Miami Heat Orlando Magic
519) Fri, Jan 3, 2020 7:00p Portland Trail Blazers Washington Wizards
520) Fri, Jan 3, 2020 8:00p Philadelphia 76ers Houston Rockets
521) Fri, Jan 3, 2020 9:00p New York Knicks Phoenix Suns
522) Fri, Jan 3, 2020 10:30p New Orleans Pelicans Los Angeles Lakers

523) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 3:30p Memphis Grizzlies Los Angeles Clippers
524) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 6:00p Toronto Raptors Brooklyn Nets
525) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 7:00p Utah Jazz Orlando Magic
526) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 7:30p Indiana Pacers Atlanta Hawks
527) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 7:30p Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers
528) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 8:00p Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls
529) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 8:00p Denver Nuggets Washington Wizards
530) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 8:30p Charlotte Hornets Dallas Mavericks
531) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 8:30p Detroit Pistons Golden State Warriors
532) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 8:30p San Antonio Spurs Milwaukee Bucks
533) Sat, Jan 4, 2020 10:00p New Orleans Pelicans Sacramento Kings

534) Sun, Jan 5, 2020 3:30p New York Knicks Los Angeles Clippers
535) Sun, Jan 5, 2020 6:00p Portland Trail Blazers Miami Heat
536) Sun, Jan 5, 2020 7:30p Minnesota Timberwolves Cleveland Cavaliers
537) Sun, Jan 5, 2020 8:00p Memphis Grizzlies Phoenix Suns
538) Sun, Jan 5, 2020 10:00p Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers

 

[nuraman00]

The Sugar Bowl was boring, it wasn't close.

I got all 3 ESPN games right!

I don't understand how they can have a Gatorade shower on the field, with 13 seconds left? I know the other team can't catch up, but why isn't it like the NBA or NHL, where the clock has to run out before non-players can enter the field?

What is the official result of the offensive play during those final seconds? Is there a gain or loss recorded?

 

[MHSL82]

Wed, Jan 1, 2020

504. Orlando Magic at Washington Wizards
505. Portland Trail Blazers at New York Knicks
506. Minnesota Timberwolves at Milwaukee Bucks
507. Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

 

[MHSL82]

The Sugar Bowl was boring, it wasn't close.

I got all 3 ESPN games right!

I don't understand how they can have a Gatorade shower on the field, with 13 seconds left? I know the other team can't catch up, but why isn't it like the NBA or NHL, where the clock has to run out before non-players can enter the field?

What is the official result of the offensive play during those final seconds? Is there a gain or loss recorded?

It depends on who has the ball. If the winning team has the ball, all they have to do is not snap it and the clock run out if the other team cannot call a time out. The other team can’t make the play start and they can’t make the clock stop and they have 40 seconds on the play clock before a team would have to snap the ball.

So you can enter the field of play until the ball is snapped. You can’t make a substitution after a certain point so there may be some gray area there, but there’s never going to be any enforcement. Or rather, if you make a substitution on offense, you have to allow the defense to make a substitution and there is some gamesmanship there and maybe some allowances you are making for the other team beyond the play clock.

If the losing team has the ball, I suppose they could try to snap the ball and call a delay of game penalty or too many men on the field penalty and they would go 5 yards forward and replay the down, but they wouldn’t be able to snap the ball and score a touchdown I don’t believe.

Sometimes, you can snap the ball and someone is offsides but did not have a clear path to the quarterback or a defender did not break the line of scrimmage way too soon, sometimes the play is essentially a free play. You could throw an interception and the interception would be nullified. If you gained yards, you can keep the play. The referee is supposed to throw the flag as soon as he notices a defender offsides. But if the ball is snapped before the flag is thrown, the play proceeds subject to the offense’s choice to keep the play or accept the 5 yards. This is not true if someone offense moves first.

If a player goes offsides but gets back to the right spot before the ball is snapped, it’s not a penalty unless it directly made an offense of player move in response. Everyone is trying to get an advantage of starting as soon as possible in relation to the snap, but I think the offense is worried enough about being called for a fall start that they are not going to jump at every single flinch. They know referees can get it wrong and so they have to be smart about it.

 

[nuraman00]

If the previous play was an incomplete pass, or a player went out of bounds, does the 40 second play clock start again, as soon as the offensive team gets into position?

So when you say "you can enter the field of play", you mean coaches can enter the field too?

They can be on there for 39 seconds, then step back out of bounds for the last second, and the offensive team can then snap the ball?

 

[MHSL82]

Thursday, January 2, 2020:

508. Charlotte Hornets at Cleveland Cavaliers
509) Denver Nuggets at Indiana Pacers
510. Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat
511. Golden State Warriors at Minnesota Timberwolves
512. Brooklyn Nets at Dallas Mavericks
513. Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs
514. Memphis Grizzlies at Sacramento Kings
515. Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Clippers
516. Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls

 

[MHSL82]

Does this format also work, or do you want me to remove the dates and times?

Thank you. Almost any non-crazy format that includes at least one indication of the date (or a date for a group of games) and then the teams with the second being the home team would work, as long as each game is on a separate line.

I would ask that if you do type the parentheses “)” after the game number, could you do periods “.” instead? That is if you’re typing it anyway. If you don’t want to number the games, you don’t have to. The most important thing is to have a prediction and then it would help me to have both teams listed so I can copy and paste yours and put my predictions.

What I usually do is copy what you have for that date and then paste it and then unbold everything. And then I bold what I think is going to happen. That way, I’m not copying your predictions.